Imperial Family of Japan: New and Photos II

[Mandy]

Is Masako really too ill to attend the exhibition or was it the Imperial Household Agency's decision that she not attend? I don't trust the IHA to act in Masako's best interest.

[Julia]

Originally Posted by Mandy

Is Masako really too ill to attend the exhibition or was it the Imperial Household Agency's decision that she not attend? I don't trust the IHA to act in Masako's best interest.

Very interesting question, Mandy. I have similar doubts. Does anyone have any idea?

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Beautiful photos!Thank you everybody lots!

[HMQueenElizabethII]

But i think the Japanese Royals are always have the same style of hats.Especially Empress Michiko,although she has great amount of hat but all the same style only different colours!They do not have many different styles of hats like the Western.

[Monalisa]

MASAKO ABSENT FROM IMPERILA VISIT TO WORLD EXPO!



24 MARCH 2005

It was a family outing for the Japanese royals on Wednesday when they attended the opening of the 21st century's first World Exposition in the country's industrial heartland.

Empress Michiko – who has been recently indisposed - accompanied her husband Emperor Akihito to the event. However, although Crown Prince Naruhito joined his parents, his wife, Princess Masako, who has been suffering a stress related illness for over a year, was once again absent.

At the opening, the imperial guests were treated to a concert performed by both human and robotic musicians. Indeed, robots play a key role at the Expo, acting in roles as diverse as intelligent road sweepers to security guards programmed to detect intruders.

Easily the star attraction, however, is the uncannily human Actroid. Resembling a 20-something woman, the robot acts as an information service, answering questions in four languages - Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese.

The imperial family also introduced to a much older participant, an 18,000-year-old mammoth, the frozen remains of which were discovered in Siberia, and which is billed as the most successful attempt yet to excavate and display almost the full animal.

The Nagakute World Expo, which traces its roots to the 1851 Great Exhibition in London and features displays by 121 countries showing the link between technology and the environment, will run for six-months and is expected to draw 15 million visitors.

[merampo]

New pictures and Princess Sayako's old pictures

1.Princess Hisako with Brad Pitt at the premiere show of "Oceans12".(Jan, 2005)
2.Little princess Sayako with her mother,Crown Princess Michiko(now Empress)(Oct, 1969)
3.Princess Sayako(Feb,1970)
4.Imperial Family(Nov,1971)
5.Princess Sayako(1971)
6.Princess Sayako at the athletic meet in kindergarten(oct,1974)
7.Princess Sayako(1977)
8.1979
9.May,1984

[merampo]

French President Jacques Chirac visited the Imperial Palace and met Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

6~8.They took lunch

[merampo]

some more pics....

[merampo]

1~3.Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako attended the ceremony which was held 100days after the death of Princess Kikuko Takamatsu.(2005-3-27)

3~6.Prince and Princess Akishino and thier daughters,Princess Mako and Princess Kako visited the exhibition concerning the sericulture that Empress Michiko did.(2005-3-22)
http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/11/special-list.html

[HMQueenElizabethII]

New photos today from AAP Image:

[merampo]

Pictures in the imperial farm during their visit at Takanezawa town, north of Tokyo, on Tuesday afternoon, March 29, 2005

[merampo]

some more pics.
2.Prince and Princess Akishino(2004-12-23)
3.Princess Sayako(2005-4-3)

[merampo]

1.Princess Kako became 1st place in eight people in the figure skating competition. (2005-4-2)
2~5.She was 10th place in 16 people last year.(2004-4-4)

[hillary_nugent]

I haven't checked up on the JApanese royal family for a while, I was just wondering if Princess Masako is well and fine again? She looks good in the pictures attending Princess Sayako's engagement ceremony! ^__^

[pdas1201]

Emperor Akishino, Empress Michiko and Prince Naruhito met with German President and First Lady, Horst and Eva Koehler and discussed the recent tragic earthquakes off Indonesia's Sumatra Island.

[ACBonelli]

Thank you for the very good photos of Princess Kako. She is very nice.

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Great!!!!Thanks so much for photos.

[GrandDuchess]

From Colourpress: Tokyo, Japan - Emperor Akihito seeds a rice nursery in the Imperial Palace on April. The photo was released by the Imperial Palace. Photos: Kyodo/Maxppp

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Prince Naruhito talking to Princess Victoria at Togu Palace,April 7th:

[mandyy]

Emperor, empress to visit Norway, Ireland in May

(Kyodo) _ Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit Ireland and Norway next month, accompanied by an entourage led by former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, the government said Tuesday.



The emperor and empress will leave Tokyo on May 7 and arrive in Dublin later that day. They will arrive in Oslo on May 10 and visit Norway's first capital of Trondheim. The couple are scheduled to return to Japan on May 14.

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon Magnus will formally welcome the imperial couple on behalf of King Harald V who recently underwent heart surgery. The prince visited the Aichi Expo on Monday and said he is looking forward to meeting Emperor Akihito and Express Michiko in Norway.

Japan and Norway are marking the centennial of diplomatic relations this year. Irish President Mary McAleese visited Japan and met with the emperor and empress last month.

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